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Imitation and Education: A Philosophical Inquiry into Learning by Example

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    9780791474280

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    0791474283

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2009-01-01
  • Publisher: State Univ of New York Pr

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Summary

Imitation and Education provides an in-depth reassessment of learning by example that places imitation in a larger social context. It is the first book to bring together ancient educational thought and startling breakthroughs in the fields of cognitive science, psychology, and philosophy to reconsider how we learn from the lives of others. Bryan R. Warnick addresses how we become exemplars, analyzes how exemplars inspire imitation, and assesses the meaning and value of imitation in education and society, including how teachers can better use examples and what should be done about problems such as the imitation of media violence. Warnick constructs a provocative, cautionary, yet hopeful account of learning by example that acknowledges the power of social contexts in shaping human lives. Book jacket.

Author Biography

Bryan R. Warnick is Assistant Professor of Philosophy of Education at the Ohio State University.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgmentsp. ix
The Problems of Imitation and Human Exemplarityp. 1
Introductionp. 1
The Mysteries of Learning by Example: An Outlinep. 9
The Historical Tradition of Human Exemplarityp. 13
Imitative Models of Human Exemplarity: The Standard Modelp. 13
Enlightenment Criticism and Nonimitative Exemplarsp. 18
The Historical Tradition: An Initial Assessmentp. 26
How Do People Become Examples?p. 31
The Nature of Examplesp. 33
How Does Something Become an Example?p. 37
Educational Implicationsp. 44
Conclusionp. 49
How Do Examples Bring Out Imitation?p. 53
The Link between Action and Perceptionp. 57
The Sense of Self and the Imitative Sorting Mechanismp. 61
The Narrative-Self Theory of Imitationp. 65
The Social Nature of Narrative and Imitationp. 73
Educational Implicationsp. 77
Conclusionp. 82
The Social Meanings of Imitationp. 83
The Meanings of Following an Examplep. 87
Imitation and Community Identityp. 93
Imitation, Initiation, and Educationp. 97
Factors Influencing Imitative Meaningp. 100
Imitation and Communities of Learningp. 105
Conclusionp. 107
Imitation, Exemplarity, and Moral Reasonp. 109
The Practical Objection to Imitating Examplesp. 110
A Social Response to the Practical Objectionp. 113
The Theoretical Objection to Imitating Examplesp. 119
A Social Response to the Theoretical Objectionp. 120
Conclusionp. 125
How Can We Evaluate Human Exemplars?p. 127
Ancient Skepticism, Exemplarity, and Criticalityp. 129
The Turn to Practices and Exemplar Rotationp. 134
A Critical Education and Exemplarity: A Conclusionp. 136
A Social Analysis of Exemplarity and Imitationp. 139
Notesp. 147
Referencesp. 153
Indexp. 163
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